User blog comment:Gelsadra/New theory or nobody ever think of it?/@comment-7738747-20150211232847/@comment-967403-20150214061704

The novel, from extensive research I've done for the past couple days, is not in any questionable standing of canoncy. The novel is written by the same guy and asssitant who was in charge of the writing portion of DMC3 and DMC4 and is officially published by Capcom. Plus, it's the most recent DMC classic series release as of now. It passes legitamacy since Capcom hasn't stated anything else about it. A side from contradictions (which is typically for novels based on games and not a really big deal. Ignore the contradictions.), I forever question why people question it so hard. I honestly think people just don't wanna acknowledge any sort of connection between Vergi/Nero, even though the same guy who wrote the Vergil we know also did DMC4. ._.

Nero's age, however, is a different matter. In an interview (Game Informer October 2007. Yep, I found it!), Kobiyashi states Nero is the same age as Dante in DMC3! I don't know how old Dante in DMC3 actually is. Everyone is saying 19....but where's the source? There's some interview where they said that, apparently.